European Business Review: Volume 30 Issue 5

Leadership: the complexities and state of the field

Catherine Marie Clark, Christian Harrison

The purpose of this paper is to advance contemporary cognisance of the leadership field and its current state, through the synthesis and development of earlier contributions. A…

Inside-out and outside-in mental models: a top executive perspective

Mika Yrjölä, Hannu Kuusela, Kari Neilimo, Hannu Saarijärvi

The purpose of this paper is to identify and characterise executives’ inside-out (firm-oriented) and outside-in (market-oriented) mental models. As these two orientations are…

Why not promote promotion for green consumption?: The controversial role of regulatory focus

Anna Paola Codini, Giulia Miniero, Michelle Bonera

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the effects of regulatory focus (RF) orientation (promotion/prevention) on decisions to purchase green products. The two…

Human capital in top management teams seen through the lens of senior human resources managers: An exploratory analysis

Natalia Garcia-Carbonell, Fernando Martin-Alcazar, Gonzalo Sanchez-Gardey

Despite the strong influence of Hambrick and Mason’s (1984) seminal work, the effects of top management team (TMT) characteristics on strategic processes remain unclear. This…

The AEO status as a source of competitive advantage

Thierry Houé, Eileen Murphy

Faced with increasing competition, the ability to secure and optimise global logistics operations should be regarded as a competitive advantage. In the context of the hitherto…

The Chinese market as an opportunity to innovate distribution strategies?: Evidences from Italian firms

Lala Hu

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the distribution strategies implemented by foreign firms in emerging markets, and to investigate whether they represent an opportunity for…